Do you want to send Now Playing Song Data to Radioplayer, from your Radio Automation System? MetaRadio makes this possible. This article explains the setup of MetaRadio and Radioplayer, allowing the current song title and artist to be displayed on the online Radioplayer website, mobile app, and connected car dashboards.
Sending song now-playing information to Radioplayer has clear advantages for your listeners and also your station. Now Playing data enhances the listener experience by allowing them to discover new tracks, and unlocks additional advertising opportunities by displaying promotional messages on your screen.


Radioplayer started in the UK as a consortium between major broadcasters, and now operates in countries around the world.
What is MetaRadio?
MetaRadio is software which acts as a connector for your radio station’s metadata. It enables you to send your now playing data to dozens of different types of systems (including RDS), and also unlocks new opportunities for revenue and promotions by inserting commercial and non-commercial messages between your song data. While many automation systems can send data directly to some of these third party broadcast systems, MetaRadio aims to connect all your systems together and provide advanced features.
MetaRadio takes all the hard work out of connecting your metadata. There’s no need for custom scripting – MetaRadio does everything you need out of the box.
Getting Song Data From your Radio Automation System
Before you can send your song metadata to your Radioplayer, you must first install MetaRadio and connect it to your radio automation system.
MetaRadio has over 30 different input system – including all the major Radio Automation System vendors. If you don’t have reliable metadata available in your automation system, you may like to consider using radio stream fingerprinting software with MetaRadio.
There is a free trial available so you can test the entire system before committing to purchase.

Preparing Radioplayer
You also need to find the connection details for Radioplayer. You need to contact Radioplayer in your country and request these details:
- Radioplayer RPUID – the globally unique Radioplayer Unique ID that identifies a station in the new Radioplayer platform. The RPUID consists an RPID combined with the ISO 3166 country code.
- HTTP Auth Username: This is the ingest username supplied by Radioplayer.
- HTTP Auth Password: This is the ingest password supplied by Radioplayer.
Sending Now Playing Data to your Radioplayer
Now we have successfully configured MetaRadio, our Automation System, and our Radioplayer – we are ready to connect all these systems together.
All configuration in this step is done in the MetaRadio Configuration App. By default, the MetaRadio configuration app is available by going to http://127.0.0.1:9606/
MetaRadio’s configuration interface lets you control all settings within MetaRadio.
- The left contains the menu with various options – including the Input and Output settings.
- The centre of the screen contains information about your system, including license details, and a summary of the inputs and outputs you have setup.

The options you see available will vary depending on the version you have installed, and the license options you have installed.
In the left menu of MetaRadio, click on “Outputs”. Find your station, and click “Add Output”. Now you can select “Radioplayer V2” from the list, and configure its settings.

Click “Add Output System” under the “Radioplayer V2” heading. You can now configure your data.
Enter your connection details for Radioplayer:
- Radioplayer RPUID – the globally unique Radioplayer Unique ID that identifies a station in the new Radioplayer platform. The RPUID consists an RPID combined with the ISO 3166 country code.
- HTTP Auth Username: This is the ingest username supplied by Radioplayer.
- HTTP Auth Password: This is the ingest password supplied by Radioplayer.

Click Save, and then click “Apply & Restart” up the top to restart MetaRadio.

The black MetaRadio window will now display a status update whenever a new messages is sent to Radioplayer.
Support & Next Steps
Thanks for choosing MetaRadio to manage your now playing song data needs. Make sure you explore all the features, such as station scheduling, message scheduling, and all of our advanced output options. Please get in touch with us if you ever need assistance!
If you have any trouble with this process or it’s not working, please send the MetaRadio log files through to our support team. We’re here to help! You’ll find the support bundle file in MetaRadio’s dashboard.